The College Football Playoff national championship game for the 2027 season will be played at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Jan. 24, 2028, The Times-Picayune has confirmed.
The championship game that season will be played in addition to the Sugar Bowl, which will likely serve as a quarterfinal contest if the CFP stays under its current format.
This will be the the first national title game has been played in New Orleans since a Joe Burrow-led LSU squad beat Clemson 42-25 in the Dome on Jan. 13, 2020. That year is only instance of New Orleans hosting a CFP championship contest since the playoff was created in 2014.
The CFP operates under a 12-team format, but the power conferences are considering expanding the field of teams. Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reports that they could expand the playoffs to potentially 16, 28 or 32 teams.
If the CFP does eventually double in size, conference championship games could reportedly be on the chopping block.